ORO Whisky Bar — Restaurant in Rome

Must stop in Rome for cocktail and whiskey lovers! Speakeasy style - easy to miss if you’re not looking. Ring the doorbell left of the garage door that Google leads you to.

I’m from Louisville Kentucky (the bourbon capital of the world) and my wife was kind enough to include a stop here on our honeymoon.

Being from bourbon country, I have high standards when it comes to whiskey and these guys did not disappoint. The whiskey selection is great! Not a ton of bourbons, but they did have some bottles that I can’t even find back home and enough of a selection to keep me excited for hours. Their scotch and Japanese whiskey selections were great. They had some antiques and rare bottles.

Great cocktails paired with great service (Alessandro is fantastic- he went off-menu for us and even made me and Old Fashioned exactly how I like it) made for a perfect evening. The owner was wonderful, too, but we missed his name.

I’m surprised it wasn’t busier and doesn’t have more reviews. The ambiance is perfect - nothing beats and underground, dimly lit cocktail experience!

Oro is a must stop for cocktail lovers and for whiskey connoisseurs your time in Rome is not complete if you...

Excellent little whisky speakeasy behind a nondescript door - look for the nameplate and buzzer to the left of the garage door.

Francisco was a very obliging bartender, happily pulling down a dozen independent bottlings for perusal and offering educated suggestions on quality drams. My wife and I enjoyed hanging out in the comfortable space for the span of two drinks, and I could go back for many more given the catalog.

I had an 11yo IB Benrinnes and an Octomore 7.2, and my wife a 20yo Bunnahabhain, and we escaped for €40, which would be unheard-of in NY or London.

The only thing I'd change would be the air con, which was either nonfunctional or barely on. Go in a cooler month (they're closed for summer anyway) and you'll enjoy...

Metto tre stelle per il locale e per il bartender e la cameriera e i prodotti di altissima qualità, ne avrei messe volentieri cinque, ma sinceramente se fosse stato per la "proprietaria" Chiara ne avrei messa meno una.

Entriamo e facciamo la tessera come di consueto in uno speakeasy, veniamo accolti da una ragazza gentilissima che ci offre acqua aromatizzata e menù.

Poco dopo la scelta si siede al nostro fianco questo personaggio di dubbio gusto, la quale, nel mentre ci veniva servito il cocktail (old but gold) pensa bene di passarci un dito in barba alle regole covid e al buon senso, leccandoselo perfino davanti a noi. Per poi attaccarci una pippa per quanto è brava nel mondo dei whiskey.

Visibilmente alticcia, sinporta via le nostre tessere appena compilate, e si avvicina poi al banco da altri avventori e fa ascoltare a tutta la sala i suoi inutili discorsi sugli odori dei presenti annusandoli fisicamente.

Avremmo preso volentieri un altro drink, perché il locale merita ma sinceramente come si dice a Roma " si er vino nun lo reggi, l'uva...